The only point I will cede to him here was his hold of the note on the line “I kiss you, you’re beautiful, I want you to waaaaaaaaaaalk!” as the BVs came up under him very nicely. It’s hard to believe that this was the same guy whose singing on “Red Carpet Massacre” had completely charmed me for the first time ever. His phrasing and timing was awkward and contrary as he gamely tried to make it his own without having a clue as to how that might happen. I hated it from the first second thanks to that vile rhythm track and when he started singing my heart sank further. Simon LeBon’s performance was another train wreck. When, oh when will Duran Duran finally get a clue and actually let their very fine rhythm section actually play on their records? Why do they hate the Taylor’s?!! Unless John and Roger are perhaps now human vegetables and actually incapable of playing, but if that were the case, then how would all of those concerts be happening? Could they redeem themselves by covering the stunning opening track to the career-making “Ziggy Stardust” album? Mullet-era Bowie grimaces at having to share the lens with Duran DuranĪs soon as I heard the cheap, nasty drum machine loop in the faded up intro I knew that I had wasted my $1.29.
It was another freeze-dried DD quickie with only synths and drum machine and more tawdry goods from the Fab Five. And I’d almost forgotten about their cover of “Boys Keep Swinging” which happened a decade ago. The awful “Thank You” album had a Japan-only bonus track of “Diamond Dogs” that was slightly better, yet it was still marred by an obnoxious toy dog sample hook that brought it screeching to a halt. The B-side to “Careless Memory” was a cover version of “Fame” and it was definitely the runt of the early Duran B-side litter. Let it not be said that Duran Duran and David Bowie didn’t have a pedigree going back to their very earliest days. Presumably a DL? Well, let’s get right on that one! This Monk is on a vow of poverty but we can usually afford $1.29 to feed a timely urge. Until ace commenter Tim dropped a comment letting me know that it was also a “new release” by the band. The stories I saw about it related how Duran Duran were there and playing a cover of “Five Years” and that was as far as I thought it went. Hint – it wasn’t being one of those 24 hour only things and priced outside of my “love boundaries” for Duran Duran in any case at $35-65 for a streaming show. Last week I was reading online about the live Bowie tribute concert that Mike Garson was holding online as I was wondering if it would be something that I could see easily.
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